gPib 2005!

“or if you're a slacker like me you can rent a cabin.

This trip will be February 4th-5th. I am renting a cabin in the park and all the spots are spoken for already. There are several other cabins and plenty of car camping spots.

here is the parks webpage:
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/rickettsglen.aspx

This trip will be awesome. There will be some pretty good winter hiking that will require crampons to get around the waterfalls which seriously ice over in the winter. Ricketts Glen is PA's finest Park in my opinion. It was supposed to be a National Park and developement only stopped due to the onslaught of World War II.

Sign up, this will be lotsa of fun. It's possible we could even try to do some ice climbing. There is also iceskating on Lake Jean.”

“i'm in your cabin, right?
i'm in for this trip. although i don't ice skate.
yay, i get to break in the new crampons!”

“Ok, I'm in as a maybe, are all the cabin spots spoken for?”

“no! jump on it and get one!”

“yeah, I was reading the site and crampons are required for the falls trail. If you don't have them, they rent pretty cheap at EMS.

I hiked in the Glens about 8 years ago in January and it was impossible to get passed sokme of the falls. I had to climb up the side of the gorge and go around them up high.

It gets a little hairy there in the winter. Should be tons of fun.”

“oooh fun fun fun”

“there was one empty spot and it's your's BS!”

“GPIB = great PA icefall ball”

“Sign up for the trip if you're going, so we know how big of a cabin we're going to need. Details TBA soon!”

“Nice, Thanks ENS, I'm in!”

“bout time we met, BS”

“True dat! LOL :~)”

“we may try for a ten person cabin. Then there will be more spaces. The prices are pretty cheap though.”

“i am not sure if i'll go on this one or not. for now I am a maybe. heehee, i may ahve some time to go somehwere right after xmas... need to check the trip page.”

“Long Live Ocala!”

“you can have ocala. I'm climbing iced over waterfalls!”

“So go to Ocala, then.

This trip will be a nice oasis in the middle of this annual ice age we like to call winter, without actually having to leave winter behind...slacker style. Oh yeah!”

““we may try for a ten person cabin. Then there will be more spaces. The prices are pretty cheap though.”

daaaamn i don't know if i'll be able to sleep in a room with 10 other drunks, lol. i may bring my tent just in case.”

“they have rooms”

“oh really? i'm thinking of something different then.

werd. i call a room.”

“oh really? i'm thinking of something different then.

werd. i call a room.”

“just 1 though”

“i also suggest an ice axe. with these cold temps, the glens will be completely frozen over. check out the ice climbers at ganoga, very cool!

ENS- ricketts glen is one of the nicest state parks in the country, but you also need to check out ohiopyle state park, incredibly beautiful. leonard harrison and colton point (PA grand canyon) are also very nice.

as ENS mentioned, there is a second waterfall area west of ricketts glen- big falls, twin falls, lewis falls, plus several small waterfalls and cascades. above sullivan falls are an additional TEN waterfalls. these gorges are very rugged, and there are no trails along the streams. exceptionally beautiful.

sorry, i can't make it. i have a jury trial that following week.
last edited: 12/21/04 8:20:02 AM”

“hmm this is interesting
anyone else interested in renting a cabin?

just putting my feelers out and trying to get an idea. Have to talk to treebeard after he is done throwing up. poor guy is sick as a dog.”

“Sounds fun! Would love to join you guys but we may be having a baby then.”

“I called to reserve a cabin today and they are all full for that weekend so I reserved a campsite. There are still campsites available. There is room at my campsite for 5 people and two tents, one vehicle (there is a lot for other vehicles).

Phantom Soul
Scorchfire
Batman Luke
Backslack
have first dibs on the spots

the number to call for making reservations is
1-888-PA-PARKS”

“nope. not wanting to sleep on the ground if i dont have to. have fun!”

“come on Maple, it's car camping.”

“no sorry, we were going to take the boy scouts cabin camping that weekend anyway.
thanks anyway.”

“take em to Worlds End, it's nearby, half an hour and they have cabins.”

“i've been wanting to get an ice axe... now i have an excuse to buy more gear.

maple, you suck.

i call dibs for a single room in the cabin, ENS!”

“the cabins were sold out Scorch :c

I reserved a car camp spot - we'll still have showers and bathrooms to use and I'd rather car camp anyways, plus it's $30 split up and a lot cheaper! as apposed to $200 split up. You should bring that ginormous tent of your's.
last edited: 12/21/04 3:59:44 PM”

“no way! if i bring that tent it'll get trashed by all you crazy drunk asses.”

“can u give me the number of where u reserved a tent site? me and luke are gonna rent a site... what number site are u?”

“Mm hm. Making sure you're far away, right?”

“maybe”

“Hey, I resemble that Scorchy - no wait, no I don't.

I got site 84

it's

1-888-PA-PARKS
last edited: 12/21/04 4:33:31 PM”

“what's the campground we're staying in called?”

“it's in Ricketts Glen State Park. It's inside the statepark.

The website says that ice axes aren't required but recommended. Crampons are required.”

“this would be a good trip for you to do some XC'ing! Lot's of trails in the park for that. Plus ice climbing!

I doubt anyone will see me out on Lake Jean in ice skates.

maybe we can get a hockey game going.”

“i don't do ice skates.”

“qPib??? Sorry, but I still can't figure out what this means.

Is this some kind of East Coast "secret password"?

Do you guys ever backpack... or just talk about it & basecamp / car-camp?

I really, really don't mean to start a flame war. Just trying to understand.”

“the pa park center is closed. ill call tomrorow for reservations.”

“uh, wanderer, i backpack but recently i've been having knee problems so the last time i backpacked was in november.”

“we're serious backpackers out here in the east. We go almost every weekend! This is a car camp trip, yes, but, we're doing lot's of winter back country stuff!”

“i didn't know it was illegal to set up a car camping trip on a hiking forum!

that's the last time i read ur trip reports and look at ur webshots, mr wanderer! : P”

“Don't everyone get their underpants in a wad, I was just asking, what's "qPib2005"?
I STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, SO I'M STILL THINKING IT'S SOME KIND OF "SECRET PASSWORD" CONSPIRACY-THEORY DEAL!!

You wanna go car-camping, go 4 IT!”

“I reserved my cabin.”

“why car camp, when you can backpack up the trail and camp in the woods with no cost.

I'm thinking the east coasters are wussies and can't handle themselves in the winter.

Why 2 years ago, me, stratusloop and a bunch others, snowshoed up the AT and camped out during the blizzard that shut the Pa Turnpike down...did we car camp...NO, did we bail...NO. We backpacked and put up a monster fire in the middle of the blizzard where it snowed 36" on us. Sheesh...Get with it ENS...car camp...hahahahaha...

Car camping should only be used as a jump off place to meet the group and then head into the woods the next day. I'm a backpacking snob and blow my nose in your general direction.”